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Topic: Batman Arkham City

I regret having watched the review for this game. It's really making me hate my present one-game-a-month budget in order to make sure bills are paid. XP I was kinda "meh" about it before but seeing that open world sandbox...argh. Do want. Screw the DLC; I just want the main game and I'll be happy. XD

Wait, is the Catwoman code one of those "comes with new game" instances, or a full blown day zero DLC? Either way, I hate this kind of thing, but the latter case would be exceptionally bad, since she was advertised as an integral part of the game for months.

Not really. There are plenty of people who don't take consoles online. Why should they be deprived of content when they bought the game new?

Its somewhat justifiable, because they want to make money off all sales, and only the retailer profits from a used game sale. Having said that, I still don't like it because, as you said, its unfair to those that can't redeem their code.

Unless something changed I'm pretty sure they charge you $10 for that. So not only do the game developers likely at least tolerate it, but they can rip you off even more (unless they decide to sell it at $45 pre-code to potentially be more competitive).

Bah, did they have to postpone the release of the PC version to the same day Skyrim comes out in Europe? Now I don't know if I'll actually get round to playing the thing before the Steam winter sale, by which time it'll probably be Â£15 or less.

Unless something changed I'm pretty sure they charge you $10 for that. So not only do the game developers likely at least tolerate it, but they can rip you off even more (unless they decide to sell it at $45 pre-code to potentially be more competitive).

Heres what the article says

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GameStop has taken it upon themselves to include an online pass in any used copy of Batman: Arkham City, making the entire process of code entry completely pointless.

Sigh, both the article you posted and the one it cites as the source seem to ignore some fairly obvious points that, in my opinion, are pretty safe to assume. I find it hard to believe that GS would be able to just go ahead and print these codes at their leisure without either paying WB a boatload of cash for the privilege, or simply buying out a ton of them in advance. Either way, WB are going to get paid. Instead, they both seem to suggest that this is done without WBs consent. The codes are still doing their job here, especially since Gamestop is hardly the exclusive retailer of used games around the world, making these codes far from "pointless". So, I'm going to assume that the authors are both either nerd baiting, or simply have the combined IQ of an eggplant. I'm guessing its the former, since its a fairly popular way to rack up views.